JKids Events December 2016

For Hanukkah parties, menorah lightings and other holiday family activities, see our Hanukkah Roundup on page 26.

Dec. 3 & Jan. 7

KIDS NIGHT OUT WITH BB CAMP:
5-9 pm. Come hang out with your friends and give your parents the night off! K-6th Graders. $25, $5 sibling discount. Drop off at BB Camp Office, 9400 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, #200. amansfield@bbcamp.org or 503-496-7444 ext. 7015

Dec. 7

PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE: 10-11:30 am at PJA, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy. Come tour LIVE! A fully accredited Community Jewish Day School offering early childhood care, preschool, kindergarten-8th grade, and after-school care. Inge Hoogerhuis: 503-244-0126 or ihoogerhuis@pjaproud.org

Dec. 23 & 26-30

BB BREAKS: 9 am-5pm. Spend the mornings running and playing at
PDX Sportscenter and go on a field trip in the afternoon. 1st-6th graders. $55 per day. Drop off at BB Camp Office, 9400 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy,#200. bbcamp.org/bb-breaks, amansfield@bbcamp.org or 503-496-7444 ext. 7015

Dec. 30

EREV NEW YEAR’S EVE AT NOON: 11 am-2 pm at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Join us for this fun family event as we ring in the New Year. Arts and crafts, games, bouncy house, dancing, snacks, pool float and countdown to 2017 with balloon drop. 503-244-0111

RECURRING:

NORTHEAST STORY HOUR WITH PJ LIBRARY: 9:30-10:15
am Sundays at New Seasons, 3445 N Williams Ave., Portland. Share in a
weekly story hour for families with music and PJ Library Books.
rachelr@jewishportland.org or 503-892-7415

MONTHLY HEBREW STORY HOUR WITH PJ LIBRARY:
2:30 pm every second Sunday at the Hillsboro Public Library, 2850 NE
Brookwood Pkwy., Hillsboro. rachelr@jewishportland.org or 503-892-7415

MOMMY & ME WITH A JEWISH TWIST: 9:15-10:15 am, Tuesdays through Dec. 20 at Upper Westside Play Gym, 1509 SW Sunset Blvd, Unit 1-G, Portland. A chic playdate for moms and tots (ages 0 to 3) with music, movement, stories and crafts. Free. Presented by The Gan-Portland Jewish Preschool and PJ Library. 503-997-7850 or mimi@portlandjewishpreschool.com

CHAI BABY + PJ LIBRARY INDOOR PLAYGROUND:
10 am-noon, every first Thursday at the MJCC, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy. For
parents and their children up to 5 years old. Playing, running, meeting new
and old friends, snacks. Free. 503-244-0111

PJ STORY HOUR YAD B’YAD: 9:30-10:15 am Fridays at Rose
Schnitzer Manor, 6140 SW Boundary St., Portland. Share in a weekly story
hour for young families with music and PJ Library books with the residents
of Cedar Sinai Park. rachelr@jewishportland.org or 503-892-7415

A LITTLE SHABBAT: 5-6:30 pm every third Friday at Congregation
Shaarie Torah, 920 NW 25th Ave., Portland. 503-226-6131

SHABBAT STORYTIME: 9:45-10:15 am, second Saturdays, at
Congregation Shir Tikvah7550 NE Irving St., Portland. Free. Shabbat
gathering of toddlers and their caregivers. Best for kids up to age 5,
although older siblings are welcome. Enjoy stories, songs and crafts that
celebrate holidays and Jewish values. Stay afterwards for bagels and
coffee with Rabbi Ariel Stone. 503-473-8227

TORAH YOGA: 10:30 am-noon every second Saturday at
Congregation Shaarie Torah, 920 NW 25th Ave., Portland. 503-226-6131